Lt. General Romeo Dallaire
Jan 05, 2011•27 min
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Episode description
Romeo Dallaire was first confronted with child soldiers in unnamed villages on the tops of the thousand hills of Rwanda during the genocide of 1994. The dilemma of the adult soldier who faced them is beautifully expressed in his book's title: They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children. When children are shooting at you, they are soldiers, but as soon as they are wounded or killed they are children once again
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